Greased Lightning
Greased Lightning

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This is the true story of Wendell Scott, America's first African American NASCAR driver, once he returns from WWII to find his hometown the way he left it. With seed money for a taxicab business, he learns all the county roads. With his new knowledge an opportunity presents itself with some steep consequences. After an invitation to the local race track, a race car driver is born. The ethnic boundaries are a part of everyday life in 1950's Amercan life. You become part of his... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Greased Lightning:

Richard Pryor
Beau Bridges
Pam Grier
Cleavon Little
Vincent Gardenia
Bill Cobbs

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This is the true story of Wendell Scott, America's first African American NASCAR driver, once he returns from WWII to find his hometown the way he left it. With seed money for a taxicab business, he learns all the county roads. With his new knowledge an opportunity presents itself with some steep consequences. After an invitation to the local race track, a race car driver is born. The ethnic boundaries are a part of everyday life in 1950's Amercan life. You become part of his fight for equality, fairness and the American dream.

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The New York Times - 7/10 by Janet MaslinMr. Pryor is especially successful in presenting Mr. Scott as a man who guards his energy and intelligence carefully, betraying very little to his enemies and saving a great deal for the moments that matter.
User Review - 8/10 by Robert Dgood bio-pic about USA's first black stock car driver
User Review - 8/10 by Shawn WBased on the real life adventures of the first Black Nascar driver Wendell Scott, Greased Lighting is loads of fun in the first half with its Moonshine runs and small town shenanigans, but looses steam during the second halfâ??one derby race after the other leading into one Nascar race after the other just does not appeal to this viewer. Despite his blue reputation, Richard Pryor does understatement quite well and I liked his semi-forced friendship with white trash Beau Bridges, but I just donâ??t like seeing Pam Grier sitting on the sidelines as the dish wash towel ringing housewife. At just over 90 minutes, the film seems to go on forever and thatâ??s mostly due to the by-the-numbers second half. VF.
User Review - 8/10 by Ryan GThe true story of Wendell Scott, the first black race car driver is inspiring to all.
User Review - 8/10 by Hillari HGreat cast in a movie about stock car racing. Despite my lack of interest in the sport, the racing scenes were great fun to watch and the story interested me enough to want to find out more about Wendell Scott.
User Review - 8/10 by Marc LA very inspiring story and Richard Pryor plays this role very straight and forthright....
User Review - 6/10 by Kiswick VGood racing scenes, if you're into a bunch of bootleggers smashin' into each other on a dirt track. (Say what you will about present-day NASCAR, there was a time when stock car racing was *awesome*.) Otherwise unexceptional.
User Review - 6/10 by Silas PThis was a different type of role for Richard Pryor and he did fine with the task. Unfortunately Pam Grier was given very little to do here. The script was nothing special and that made for an average movie.
User Review - 4/10 by Michael EThis seems like a kernel of a story that is drawn out for a whole film. There's bit and pieces that work, but it's just a continual and repetitive confrontation with racism. It hardly seems like anything progresses in the story; stuff just happens. It was interesting to see Richard Pryor playing it straight though, and Beau Bridges was pretty good in his role as the white friend.

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